The Schrodinger Equation as a Gauge Theory

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2604.26016v1
• Date: Tue, 28 Apr 2026 18:00:24 GMT
• Title: The Schrodinger Equation as a Gauge Theory
• Abstract summary: We reformulate the Schrodinger equation in gauge-theoretic terms.<n>This gives a local equivalence between the Schrodinger equation, quantum hydrodynamics, and a gauge formulation.<n>In the nonlinear regime with a Bogoliubov sound mode, the dual two-form description relates acoustic memory, large gauge transformations and the corresponding soft theorem.
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• Abstract: In this paper, we reformulate the Schrodinger equation in gauge-theoretic terms. Starting from the Madelung representation, we rewrite the conserved probability-current using gauge fields, namely a one-form gauge field in the $(2+1)$-dimensional theory and a two-form gauge field in the $(3+1)$-dimensional theory. This gives a local equivalence between the Schrodinger equation, quantum hydrodynamics, and a gauge formulation, while the global information is carried by the quantization of phase winding around zeros of the wavefunction. We then explore how this correspondence organizes structures on both sides of the duality. On the gauge side, BF couplings to additional one-forms describe electromagnetic coupling, Berry connections, spinor dynamics, projected non-abelian adiabatic connections, and intrinsic holonomy, while Chern--Simons term generate Hopf functionals, charge-flux attachment, and anyonic sectors. In the presence of boundaries, the topological terms produce edge degrees of freedom and boundary charge algebras. Finally, in the nonlinear regime with a Bogoliubov sound mode, the dual two-form description relates acoustic memory, large gauge transformations and the corresponding soft theorem, organizing them into an infrared triangle.

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